Department store operator JC Penney has notified the state it will lay off 101 workers when it closes it store at the Westfield Meriden mall in May.

The national retail chain sent the state Department of Labor a Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification, or WARN, act notice indicating the number of employees to be laid off and the date the store will close. The notice, which is required by federal law, states the store will close May 3. The labor department posted the notice today on its website.

The store is one of 33 nationwide JC Penney said last month it will close, cutting 2,000 jobs, as it tries to turn around its finances. The Meriden location is the only one in Connecticut affected. Stores in Torrington and Waterbury will remain open.

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